Mary Prescott | First Bite
Photo by Bill Phelps
First Bite
Created & Performed by
Mary Prescott
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Friday, October 3, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mabou Mines Theater
PRICE: $20-40 / sliding scale
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First Bite offers a taste of interdisciplinary performance artist Mary Prescott’s Ancestral Table and her explorations around sense memory and storytelling. Through her Thai mother’s family recipes, Prescott investigates matrilineal heritage transmitted through food, and its infusions of migration, ecology, culture and community.
Mary Prescott (she/her)
Photo by Bill Phelps
Mary Prescott is a Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and pianist who explores the foundations and facets of identity and social conditions through experiential performance. Featured in “21 for ‘21: Composers and Performers Who Sound Like Tomorrow,” The Washington Post describes Mary’s work as “a bright light cast forward… uncompromising,” and “masterfully envisioned.” Mary is an awardee of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, McKnight Composer Fellowship, the Princess Grace Award, NPN Creation and Development Fund, a New Music USA Grant, and many more. Her recent residencies include Camargo, VCCA and Lanesboro Arts. Mary holds piano performance degrees from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, and Manhattan School of Music; and is a Steinway Artist. https://mary-prescott.com/
Creative Team
Mary Prescott – Music & Sound, Writer, Performer, Video
Andrew Hall – Sound Engineer
Matthew Deinhart – Lighting Designer & Video Operator
Aliyah Curry – Stage Manager
This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council; The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; and administered by LMCC. LMCC serves, connects, and makes space for artists and community.
Ancestral Table is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by The Great Northern Festival and Mabou Mines in partnership with NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation. For more information, visit www.npnweb.org.
Additionally co-commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic and The Schubert Club, in partnership with Liquid Music.
Development support provided by Mabou Mines, National Performance Network, Harlem Stage, Loghaven Artist Residency and The Bogliasco Foundation.
